Thursday, May 22, 2014

MLBF Targets One Gold Medal In 2014 Commonwealth Games

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Bernama) -- The Malaysia Lawn Bowls Federation
(MLBF) wants to rise to the occasion by delivering at least one gold
medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

"Even though our target is not high, we will try to return home with at
least one gold medal from the Commonwealth Games," MLBF president Wan
Nawawi Wan Ismail said when contacted by Bernama Wednesday.

According Wan Nawawi, the national squad was now playing test matches
against Scotland and several other countries to prepare for the Games.

The test matches began on May 15 and the squad is expected to return home on May 25, for centralised training in Bukit Kiara.

He added that the country's medal hopes would hinge on five men and five women in the team.

"The players, including Siti Zalina Ahmad, have an excellent track
record in the sport and are familiar with competing at international
level," he said.

Malaysia won two of the seven gold medals at stake in the 2006 Games
held in Melbourne, Australia but contributed only a silver and bronze in
the 2010 New Delhi edition in India.
-- BERNAMA